emails/texts convenient, not always appropriate

I love text messaging. It is so useful. Sometimes I need to let my wife know something but she's busy. I can just text her and she can read it whenever she becomes available instead of me trying to call her until I finally reach her. In fact, I love texting so much that I bought a smart phone with a full keypad so I could text more efficiently. The phone also offers Outlook so I can get my emails right on my phone. Emails, like text messaging and instant messaging, have made life so much easier. I can carry a conversation with someone without having to play phone tag first. Though they are extremely convenient, I would contest that emails and text messages are not always an appropriate way to communicate. Let me give an example. One situation where this technology has been abused has been dealing with relationships. I have heard of people breaking up with their significant other via email or text messaging. That is so cheesy. I'm not even sure if over the phone is appropriate for this, but it certainly beats typing it out. Now, I have heard of other situations also where I feel these technologies have been abused, including wedding invitation responses, employee terminations and the such. It got me to thinking...what would be the most egregious situation for using email or text? A few of my suggestions are below (in no particular order), but feel free to share any you can think of or vote on one of the ones I've mentioned.

• An engagement proposal
• Seeking permission from girlfriend's parents for marriage
• The police informing someone they are under arrest
• A wife telling her husband she's pregnant
• A spouse requesting a divorce
• A doctor informing a patient of a terminal illness or any serious medical diagnosis
• Telling the person you love that you love them for the first time